Saturday, July 11, 2026

Cries For Rain

Blood’s On The Road.

Thoughts Explode

Like Bombs For Peace

And

Screaming Dead Geese.

Lessons Old─

Anger Blows

And

Death Makes Us Crow

History Tells Us So.

Stuck On Repeat ─

Mind Skips Lots Of Beats─

Contentment Woes

Battled Weary Toes

What’s To Gain

When Love

Cries For Rain?

H.T. Manogue

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Monday, June 15, 2026

Grandad’s Rusty Mental Truck.

Top Of The Line

Ego’s

Ready And Primed.

Tickle That Pride

Cause─

Sanity Tells Lies.

So─

Step On The Gas

Watch That Ass.

Point Of Power

Is Any Hour─

Proof Sits In You.

Ignorance Has Instant Glue.

Aliens Times Two

Religion Gulps A Few.

Politics Has The Fess-Up Flu

When─

Fear Rides A Saucer

Looking For

That Perfect Cup

In─

Grandad’s Rusty Mental Truck.

Shortsleeves Dot Net

H.T. Manogue

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Half-Grown

Loud And Useless

What’s The Plan?

Changing Piers─

With Dominant Worldly Peers?

Democracy Is Like A Fall

Caught In An Epic Brawl

Because─

Beliefs Tie Slippery Knots.

They Try To Give You

Something They’re Not.

Right?

You Know─

Get Down On Them Knees

Bow To Nothing With Fleas.

Ants Like To Tease

When─

Stumps Are Trees

With Brown Leaves.

Yep─

Honesty Looks For A Home.

And Deceit Loves Life

Half-Grown.

H.T. Manogue

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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Runny Nose

Listen To The Sound Of Air

When Human Thoughts

Turn Bare.

Or─

While Shaving Mental Hairs.

Drop A Positive Pin

In That Brainy Whim

And Look Deep Within.

Go─

Un-Dress Ego’s Frum

Have Some Inner Fun.

Cause─

Beliefs Flow Through

That Bubbling Brook

Your Mind Took.

Looking For─

An Aurati Glow Head To Toe.

So Remember─

Truth Never Erodes

From A Vocal

Runny Nose.

H.T. Manogue

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Monday, April 13, 2026

“Frying Pan Of Gold”

Tax And Duck

Cut The Foul-Mouth Rug

From The Sinking Bug.

Creative Destruction Land Of Dysfunction.

Anything Goes When Laws Explode.

Wankers Agree

Flakes On The Bench

Dig A Deep Kiss-Ass Trench.

Lots Of Fears

In Home-Made Weird.

Never Too Soon When Anger Blooms ─

And Violence Grooms With Tell-Tale Prunes─

Soaked In Gloom.

Right─

Those Hand-Made Brooms

And Silver Spoons,

In Rank Streets Under Dirty Sheets

Eat─ Then Blink.

Freedom Has A Funny Stink.

In Any Kitchen Sink.

Best Be Bold

In A

Frying Pan Of Gold.

H.T. Manogue

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Friday, March 20, 2026

The Dues

Spread The News─

Emperor Loves

Those Wing-Tip Shoes.

They Sparkle In Gritty Times—

Leave Nothing Behind

But The Dirty Shine

Of An Eroding Mind.

Every Phony Verb

Is A Hard Ball Curve

That Gives

That Bruised Cat

A Lying-Brain Attack.

It’s Like─

Riding Anger Laps

In A Bloody Field

Of Red, White, And Blue─

With Num-Nut-Laced

Truths.

While Hatred

Enjoys

The Dues.

H.T. Manogue

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Thursday, March 5, 2026

Human Under-Tow

Emotions And Intent

Energy In A Psychic Tent.

Thoughts Align

Like─

Lights For The Mind.

But─

Clouds Of Inner Fear

Act Insane

And

Cells Do The Same.

War Is The Game.

When

Choices Grow

From Angry Seeds

Planted In That

Human Under-Tow.

H.T. Manogue

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Monday, February 16, 2026

Dirty Diaper Fan

Quick Drying Prints

Thoughts Can Be Wimps.

When A Pot Of Fear

Hangs In Anger’s Rear

And Drops A Load

In Anxieties’ Mode.

Present Power Changes Hours.

In Sour Days

To An Iffy Maze.

Part Of The Plan─

Go,

Wash Them Hands─

Under An Ill-Smelling

Dirty Diaper Fan.

Sunday, February 1, 2026

On A Shaky God Train

Shades Of Glory In Every Wanker’s Story─

Thunder Thugs. Political Pugs.

Promises Go Up In Flames.

Trust Has A Phony Name

In A Valley Filled With

Ego-Driven Nerve Pain.

It’s

Just Like A Pack

Of Inner Cells

On The Way To Hell

Cruising Through

A Slippery Swollen Brain

On A Shaky God Train.

H.T. Manogue

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Sunday, January 25, 2026

Ass-Bent Years

Special Spot On The World’s Pot

Grunts And Groans

With A Garlic Tone.

Golfing Bro Goes Round And Round

Making Angry Sounds ─

Wearing A Nobel Crown.

At A Time When Ally Beefs

Feel Like Crimes

And

Nowhere Near Sublime.

But─

It’s Instant Relief For Swollen Feet

With A Mickey-D-Beat.

All That Waste Has A Bitter Taste.

Cause Bolts Of Fear Skin Dance

In Ass-Bent Years.

H.T. Manogue

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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

As A Keepsake

Mind’s Open. No Need For Tokens.

Thoughts Rush By ─Just To Be Fly.

Razor Sharpe Hours Shower Internal Flowers

Grasping Beauty As It Unfolds─

You Know─

Praise To The Bee In Its Quest To Be.

Weather’s Never Old. But Love Is Bold.

Nature’s Plan Is A Juicy Chaos Land.

Everything Grand In Mixed Sand.

Pull Up Nasty Stakes

Keep An Eye On The Flakes

When The Body Keeps

Ancient Mental Fakes

As A Keepsake.

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H.T. Manogue